Well-oxygenated ductus venosus is preferentially directed through the foramen ovale into the left atrium. Normally this produces a higher oxygen content in the ascending aorta. In the fetus with ...

We report the occurrence of PPHN after a rare disease: agenesis of the ductus venosus (ADV). Ductus venosus (DV) is a fetal vessel draining 20–30% of the oxygenated umbilical vein blood into the ...

Published in The Lancet, the results have indicated that babies delivered on the basis of a technique that monitors blood flow in a small vessel below their heart -- late ductus venosus changes ...

Sammy Drake, a resident of West Texas, was born with a rare liver problem known as patent ductus venosus (PDV). The ductus venosus, a large vein that crosses through the liver and empties near the ...

One portion is transported through the ductus venosus and empties into the Inferior vena cava directly and the other portion enters the liver and is called hepatic circulation and the portal ...